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Frontline Registry Cleaner 2.0

⚡ Speed Up Windows PC's ⚡

Keep Windows PC's running smoothly by cleaning out junk files and registry errors. Whilst retired, the product is still one of the most potent of its type - you're welcome to use it or edit the code.

Features

⌚ Scan
Perform a scan of your system with 18 different options.

💾 Backup
Backup your registry and files to protect against problems.

📊 Maintain
Keep your system in check with regular updates.

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Frontline Register Cleaner 2.0 (released in 2011) was distributed by several retailers in the UK.

We bought the code from a company in Ukraine, promoted it through the Internet and rarely updated it. It was a proprietary engine based on "RegCure" (popular product at the time).

The distribution version requires a licensing server to permit users to log in, which we've now taken down. To compensate, we've removed the registration module, allowing people to use the product for free (if they wish).

If you are interested in this type of product, we have built an RMM (Remote Monitoring & Management) tool (FLCleaner 3.0), which supersedes its predecessor by a significant margin. The new product is built around our experience with web centric applications ("cloud"), permitting extensibility.


⚠️ Requirements

  1. VC++ Redistributable (x86)
  2. .NET Framework 4.8+

When running the app, you will need to an x86 version of VC++ redistributable.

It does not seem to matter which version you use, as long as it is x86 compatible. We found that without it, the app will fail citing FLCleanEngine.dll being unavailable.


🟢 Github Actions

We've added a new set of build steps with Github Actions (removing the need to sign the binaries manually).

These are triggered when a tag is created and provide two sets of binaries for x64 and x86.

The release provides both binaries' MSI files as well as ZIP files containing the executable and DLL for x86 and x64.

To trigger the action, a new tag needs to be pushed: -

git tag v2.0.0.3-alpha1
git push origin v2.0.0.3-alpha1

To remove the tag (locally and remote): -

git tag -d v2.0.0.3-alpha1
git push origin :refs/tags/v2.0.0.3-alpha1

The build process will sign all of the files (we keep certificate information inside the repository's secrets).


🗓️ Changelog

  • (25/06/2022) Upgraded UI to HD
  • (24/01/2022) Added Setup project to deploy Win32 binaries, added MSIX for Microsoft Store submission
  • (27/09/2020) Changed .NET target to 4.8, VS Studio 2019, Windows SDK
  • (01/01/2019) Removed registration engine
  • (17/02/2011) Major release (production)

✔️ Contributions

To contribute, please follow the steps below:

  1. Fork the repo and clone it locally
  2. Make the changes you want/need
  3. Commit your local repo and push to your remote repository
  4. Create a PR to bring the new changes into our master branch

Anyone is welcome to contribute whatever they wish.

As the product has been discontinued for some time, we are no longer actively developing it.


⚖️ Copyrights, License etc

We own all copyrights to the user interface and product design.

By publishing the repository, and adopting the MIT license, we have extended these rights to the community.

Anyone who wishes to use, adapt, change, parody or mimic the design may do so (within the scope of fair use). Any malicious interpretations of our code, engine and interface will not be tolerated and will be met with appropriate recourse. Our code is provided in good faith, as a gesture of good will to the community.

If you notice any of our products used in an illegal way, you should send an alert, either as an issue, or via our abuse email abuse@frontlineutilities.co.uk.


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